Wer sind wir, wenn wir arbeiten? Soziale Identität im Markt bei Smith und Hegel

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 59 (6):835-852 (2011)
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Abstract

This article examines the ways in which Adam Smith and G. W. F Hegel conceptualize the identity of workers in a market economy. Although both see human beings as shaped in and through social rela- tionships, the relation between the worker and his work is seen in different ways. For Smith, workers “have” human capital, while for Hegel workers “are” brewers, butchers or bakers;; their profession is part of their identity. This conceptual difference, which is reflected in different “varieties of capitalism” today, shows that not only degrees, but also kinds of embeddedness need to be taken into account in discussions of the relation between individual and society.

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Lisa Maria Herzog
University of Groningen

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